no one should be traveling across the new york city, rhode island, connecticut, massachusetts, new hampshire or coastal areas of maine. this is just a classic look at the blizzard. it almost looks like a hurricane with the center just below cape cod and areas of long island. now, the bands of snow are very impressive. the areas of blue are the heaviest snow. we're getting thunder snow now in coastal krthd krth and long island. be careful of anyone travel anywhere. we'll continue to track it as we go throughout the evening here on msnbc. again, the heart of the blizzard is taking place in southern new england. back to "hardball." >>> i'm craig melvin. >>> welcome back to "hardball." we're almost now hitting the two-month mark since the tragic shootings in newtown, connecticut. today we may be closer to a compromise. an unlikely foursome of senators, chuck schumer of new york, joe manchin of west virginia, tom coburn of oklahoma, and mark kirk of illinois are huddling together in hopes of finding a compromise on gun safety legislation. the associated press reports now, quote, the senators' tal